Floor covering or rug



April 14, 1936. JACKSON 2,037,511

FLOOR COVERING OR RUG Filed Feb. 27, 1955 AfToRNE 9 IN VEN 7 -o R IPatented Apr. 14, 1936 PATENT OFFICE.

FLOOR COVERING OR RUG Robert J. Jackson, Thompsonville, Com, assignor toBigelow-Sani'ord Carpet Co. Inc., Thompsonviile, Conn., a corporation ofMassachusetts Application February 27, 1935, Serial No. 8,424

1 Claim. (01. 154-49) This invention relates'to floor coverings such asrugs and the like and is more particularly directed to means forpreventing the end portion of the floor covering or rug from curling orturning upwardly.

When a rug is placed upon the floor it is a common observable fact thatthe end portion of the rug may curl or turn upwardly with the resultthat it presents hazards to one walking on the.

rug, and the object of the present invention is to prevent thisobjectionable occurrence.

One of the features of the present invention consists in impregnatingthe terminal end portion of the rug or the last few shots of weft withan adhesive, such for instance as latex or the like,

thereby lending to the rug a stabilizing effect upon the last'few shotsof weft and holding the threads in their normal woven position. Whilethe threads may thus be maintained in their woven relation it is stillpossible that during use the end portion of the rug may turn or curlupwardly, and another feature of the present invention, therefore,consists in the provision of means for holding the end portion of therug flat upon the floor without curling.

In accordance with the present invention the last few shots of. thebacking fabric, whether it be a heading or not, is impregnated with astabilizing adhesive, and connected to the end portion of the backingfabric is a strip of fabric, which may be identified as a tape, one edgepontion of which is secured to the backingfabric and the other edgeportion of which is turned under and secured to the backing fabric toprovide a pocket for a bar or weighted element, with the result thatwhile the threads of the backing fabric are maintained in their wovenrelation by the adhesive the bar which is held against the backingfabric by the formation of a pocket serves to prevent curling of the endof the rug. 4

The invention and novel features thereof will best be made clear fromthe following description and accompanying drawing of one good formthereof.

In the drawing:-

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a rug with one end turned upwardly todisclose the construction on the backing fabric;

4 Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on the line 2-2' of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on the line 3-;4 of Fig. 1.

The rug may be of any usual piie'tread surface type having a backingfabric to which a pile is secured, and as illustrated the rug consistsof the fabric I and the pile forming tufts 2 which form the treadsurface.

As hereinbefore suggested the terminal shots of the backing fabric areprovided with an adhesive which serves to hold the terminal shots of thebacking fabric in their woven relation.

One of the features of the present invention consists in a barpreferably of metal which rests upon the backing fabric near theterminal edge portion thereof and extends transversely of the endportion of the rug.

Secured to the backing fabric near its end is a strip of fabric or tape3 which may be secured in its position by means of sewing threads 4 andthe other end portion of the tape is turned on to the backing fabric, asillustratedat 5, and is there secured either by sewing threads 6 or bythe combined influence of sewing threads and the adhesive in order toform a pocket 1 extending transversely of the end portion of the rug.The

therein and is not liable to material displace-Y ment, and when the rugis placed upon the floor all curling effect at the end of the rug isprevented.

As has been suggested hereinbefore the under portions of the pocketforming tape may be secured to the backing fabric either by the adhesiveor stitches or a combination of both, to

the end to provide a pocket for the flat metal stripil.

The rug shown as an embodiment of the present invention is of theAxminster type and the backing fabric may be variously formed, that"shown in the present instance of the invention being merely aconventional type.

What is claimed is:

A floor covering or rug comprising a pile tread surface and a backingfabric having its end shots impregnated with an adhesive to stiffen theend of the rug, a tape secured along one edge to the end portion of thebacking fabric and its other edge turned or lapped onto the backingsecured inplace by the adhesive to form a pocket extending transverselyat the end of the floor covering or rug, and a bar confined in saidpocket to prevent the end portion of the rug from curling H and stitchesto close the end of the pocket to prevent the bar from endwise movement.

ROBERT J. JACKSON.

